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Publication Information
| Creator | Horton, Thorsten |
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| Date Created | 1977 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Highlander Student Workshop
May 1960
Music being played at a Highlander Folk School student workshop. John Lewis in back, extreme left; James Bevel, kneeling, left (in front of John); Candie Anderson (Carawan), 4th from right in rear.
Thorsten Horton and Myles Horton Reading Newspaper
Myles Horton, cofounder of Highlander Folk School, smoking a pipe and reading the Nashville Banner newspaper, posing with his son, Thorsten.
Thorsten Horton, Myles Horton, and Rosa Parks
Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School.
Music at Farmers Union Meeting
Three boys, one playing a guitar, one playing a mandolin, and one singing a song from "Favorite Radio Gems," songbook, as part of a Farmers Union Meeting at Highlander Folk School.
Thorsten Horton Using a Saw
Thorsten Horton, son of Myles and Zilpha Horton, using a saw to cut wood at Highlander Folk School.
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie sitting on the ground at Highlander Folk School in New Market, Tennessee playing his guitar.
